According to Khanh Hoa Statistic Department, in the last five months, catch landing reached 27,987 MT, down 4.4% over the same period last year.

Due to increasing fuel price, local fishing vessels only caught 22,952MT of fish, down 4.8 percent. In addition, aquaculture production reached 2,508MT, up 0.3 percent, including 228MT of lobster, up 3.6 percent.

The province produces nearly 1.4 billion of shrimp juveniles, up 8.7 percent over the same period of 2010. So far, farmers have stocked shrimp in an area of 3,675 ha. The Department of Aquaculture has inspected 314 million of shrimp juveniles.

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The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Ca Mau, the country’s biggest prawn producer, is plagued by a shortage of fry for farming due to rising demand.

Nguyen Chi Van, who has a four-hectare prawn farm in Dam Doi District’s Ta An Khuong Dong Commune, said he has made three unfruitful trips to the district market selling juveniles for the current breeding season. Read more of this post